Customer Ratings & Reviews

I purchased this laptop so that I could game when I was away from home. I wanted something thin, lightweight, and with a GTX 1070 gpu. So far I'm very pleased with the purchase. The machine is super compact and very nice looking. It's like a gaming notebook for adults. Looks very premium. I mostly play PUGB and other FPS titles. I'm getting very good frames. Display is gorgeous and the 144hz is something that you should definitely want in your gaming display. I like the key travel on the keyboard, but it did take me a bit to get used to. Plenty of connectivity with a myriad of ports on both sides. Power brick is also compact. The only gripes I can come up with are these. It should have came with an SD card reader... for 2k it should have one. The speakers are not anything to write home about, they are sufficient but not great. Lastly... this thing is a fingerprint magnet. It comes with a microfiber cloth to wipe fingerprints away. You'll be using it. haha None of these were bad enough to deduct a star. This is still one of the best gaming laptops you can buy at a reasonable price.

I've had this machine for just over 2 weeks, and besides a couple of minor things, I only have positive things to say about my experience. Context: When I first starting looking for a gaming laptop, my budget was $1,300; and at this price cap, I had a trade-off - either go for a powerful yet bulky machine, or a slim yet weak one. Neither sit-in well, and during my trip to BB, loved the feel of MSI Stealth Thin and after extensive research, bought it despite having to stretch my budget to over $2,000 (calmed by saying that I've "future-proofed" myself, hopefully). Verdict: I strongly recommend buying this laptop, esp. if you want a strong gaming experience w/ portability and style. In addition, I'd say get an extended warranty (it's a few hundred $$$, but will give you a peace at night). Pros: 1) Slim, and premium looks (solid build quality overall) - love the gold trim 2) Powerful specs (these specs with any other respectable brand will cost you an additional $300-$500) 3) Solid speakers 4) Beautiful screen (gaming w/ 144hz is a different experience altogether) 5) Excellent battery life (6+ hrs) - unheard of in gaming laptops 6) My favorite = no bloatware! Like none, and as such, the load time was super fast Cons: 1) It gets very hot, at times, during gaming (but that's usual w/ almost every gaming machine I've had) 2) The fans can get a bit loud (during gaming) 3) Hard drive capacity (I expected at least 1TB given the other specs) In conclusion, I'd recommend this machine to anyone w/ a ~$2,000 budget (gamer or not).

So this has been a great computer so far. It's actually the first laptop I've ever owned, and this when I personally read reviews mentioning heat and fan noise, I was expecting this thing to be LOUD. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find that people were generally over-emphasizing noise, heat and flex. It does flex, moreso than any other laptop I have personally tried out, but it is a thin sheet of metal that while flexing, feels very durable to me. I have absolutely no worries about the durability of this machine. As for performance, I haven't played with fans, over clocking or anything of the like, simply embraced the bit of bloatware (except for Norton, screw that) and tested to see how it runs. My expectations were all passed. This machine ran everything I threw at it like a champ, including the newest and greatest of games as well as some video editing. This edition does come with a bit slower ssd and network card than the other versions, though I haven't tested to see how much of a difference it makes, and it does seem to be a pain to upgrade, though it is doable to somebody comfortable inside of a conputer., So keep that in mind. The keyboard is very nice, I like the feel of it and the per key lighting is absolutely gorgeous. Overall, I love the looks of this computer, it is ridiculously thin and light for the power that you get out of it. I've gotten several compliments on it's looks, being a very classy gold and black. This Best buy model is the best value I've found at this price point, and I would recommend it to anybody who is looking for a top of the line laptop without being insanely expensive.

This laptop is super thin, sleek, and powerful while remaining quieter than an older ASUS 1060 laptop I had. The RGB keyboard is governed by Steelseries' Engine and allows full customization and programming. It's amazing. This laptop kills VR! It has mDP and HDMI which is perfect for the HTC Vive, I can hook this thing up to my TV and headset and play VR with friends and family super easily. The 144Hz panel has amazing blacks, and incredible response time. Little to no ghosting. My only complaint with this model is that it has two M.2 SSD slots. One slot is for Intel Optane memory, and the other is just for basic SATA devices. The laptop only ships with a 512GB SATA SSD, and for a $2000 laptop with an Optane M.2 slot, you really should be getting an Optane SSD instead...

After a weeks worth of use I can say this unit is wonderful. I can multitask, school work and play games at the same time while utilizing discord and minor web browsing! I did experience some low frame rates at home, but where I usually play there are lag spikes often, I would play WOW at a low of 50fps, I will later check this at a better location. 16GB of ram paired with a 512 solid state drive allow this unit to be quick, the hard drive is partitioned out of the box with the OS/recovery on the main at 279GB and the other being the data drive at 179GB, I do not download a lot so this works for me, I have many backup drives for pictures and all other miscellaneous items, There is also a little lag when the dedicated graphics switches from dedicated to onboard depending on the task and has happened. The illuminated steel Series keyboard has many setting that are athletically pleasing but if you want to drain your battery quickly I would suggest to turn this off unless near a power source I am not a huge fan of the mouse pad when gaming, however when utilizing to brows the web I find that it has similar gesture features to that of a mac and it does a good job, I am just worried with the amount of play it has. Something else that should be noted is that the unit might not charge initially once turned on properly you might find yourself at 93% battery, and once plugged in you might have a notification that states the unit is not charging... this was frustrating for me till I searched a few forums and found out that the battery needs to be calibrated in order to charge properly. I had to do this twice before getting it to work properly, the staff at the store had not heard of this issue and offered me to exchange the unit but seeing as to there was nothing wrong beyond having to calibrate the battery I kept the unit. Sound quality was ok. The display is beautiful with very little bezel. The aluminum body and copper trim are nice touch unit also had a bit of weight to it despite being thin. I have yet to get a proper reading as to battery life when just playing games since I have may things going on in the background. As to surfing the web and playing Roll20 it seems long enough, but I will update once I have an actual time frame. So far I am loving this unit. Originally went in thinking of getting a surface book 2 because of battery life, however I went with the GS65 Stealth it is overall a better buy. More to come as test it further.

I am an electrical engineering student and I push this laptop to the absolute limits. Every day for the past 8 months I have been coding, running MATLAB and python simulations (including gpuArray functions) and modelling systems with billions of data points using all 6 logical cores and my GPU in parallel. At the end of the day, I love to come home and play some borderlands nearly maxed out. Even minecraft with some pretty heavy shaders. This beast has handled it all. Right now I am processing LiDAR point clouds with more than 5 Billion (x,y,z) spatial data points and rendering them into models with MATLAB and it only takes a few seconds to view and manipulate the render. In fact, I think the only thing really limiting the gs65 is either its RAM allocation, physical amount of RAM, or both. With task manager and resource manager up, I can usually see that MATLAB is taking, at most 2Gb of RAM, while the vague (System) task is supposedly taking up the rest. In other words, just idling, almost 4 Gb of my 16 is used up. This may be an out of the box thing however that I haven't taken the time to look at in detail. I have only had one hiccup however, the wifi/wireless network driver failed on me once. It kept failing to start even after updating and restarting. It was a pretty quick fix however, you just need to hop on another computer, download the intel wireless lan driver from this https://www.msi.com/Laptop/support/GS65-Stealth-Thin-8RF#down-driver&Win10%2064 link, run the intaller and you should be good to go after a restart. I continue to push this computer to the limit every day and it continues to impress me. Definitely an amazing machine for its price.

...I have never owned an MSI Desktop, Laptop, motherboards, etc. before! I have numerous other brands of laptops, for example; Microsoft Surface Book with Performance Base, 2014 and 2017 MacBook Pro 15 inch, Lenovo Yoga, Samsung 9 Spin, Microsoft Surface Pro generations one, three and five, MBP 13 and MB 12 inch, and on and on. But I am absolutely just loving my new MSI GS65 laptop from Best Buy! This laptop is extremely fun to interface with. The reason why I mentioned my other products is to give you an idea that I can have 10 of them lined up and the MSI is definitely rated right up there with my MacBook Pro 2017, Surface Book with Performance Base, Alienware R3. But the huge differences is when I want to activate Oculus Rift or play a game on my GS65 I can do it and it performs much better than the above mentioned devices. This is an absolutely must buy if you’re in the market for sleek, slamming, down low gaming laptop which can also function as your daily driver for work and production. And the real sweet thing is Best Buy’s GS65 is loaded with a great price. Sure a SATA SSD but my GS65 came with 2666MHz RAM and the Intel 9560 Wi-Fi card is great! Of course I’m sure all of you know with the inverted motherboard, you can always pull that SATA drive out and install PCIe SSDs (2) if needed. A lot of my friends and family come to me for suggestions and now I can add MSI as a vendor for an option. Thanks for taking the time to read my review, I got to get back on my GS65!!!

I would like to start this review stating that this is a GAMING laptop. I mean that it may not be the best choice for you unless you do need a powerful and portable gaming system. Portability: It is the lightest one among those 15-inch with at nVidia GTX 1070Q and high freq screen (144Hz). There are others complaining about flimsy construction. I disagree. It is all extra-thin aluminum. If you want a stronger chassis you must compromise with a heftier laptop. That being said, it is not as light as compared to current ultrabooks or even with the 2018 Dell XPS 15. It's very close (although a little heavier) to the Microsoft Surface Book 2 15-inch with the GTX 1060. Screen: It's a beauty! You can appreciate the high quality screen even without gaming. I set the screen at 50% and will see how long it lasts unplugged with just browsing, YouTube and office. Keyboard: The reviews online are right: it is quite shallow to type on. However, there is a surprisingly nice tactile feeling. It will take some time for me to get accustomed the the "Fn" key on the right and to the far right column of keys with "home", "pgup", "pgdn", and "end". All in all it seems a well done keyboard. Also, bright backlight, but I am still looking to learn how to set it up. Trackpad: Not bad, but I come from a 13-inch Surface Book and the MSI one is not as good. People complained about a loud click: I agree. Speakers: Better than expected, considering the mild-ranking reviews about it. I plan to use headphones when gaming anyway. In conclusion, this is the best bang for your buck if you are looking for a top-notch gaming laptop with acceptable portability, fantastic screen and high performance. Still a two-thousand US dollars laptop though. My piggy-bank is starving now.

-thin and light laptop which i can take it with me to university . back home study on it !! so easy !! -high performance , you can work study make 3d model , Autocad ,etc. -perfect screen with 15.6 inch -in your free time you can play games with high performance !!

Gaming on this laptop is actually really good, I was surprised how well games ran, its IPS 144hz display is what convinced me to buy a true MSI gaming/work notebook, I also do more then gaming, I am a music producer and this laptop handles CPU intensive programs like FL Studio pretty well. Only Con I have about this MSI GS65 is I wish they threw in a 1TB NVME SSD instead of the 500GB SSD which I will fill up pretty quickly.

Online I had read a review that described the stealth model as having less build quality than the reviewer had wanted. I don't really know what that person was talking about, since this is quite an elegant and seemingly well-built machine. There is one LED by the power switch that is a little bright and the chassis takes fingerprints like a customs agent, but it's still a good design. I haven't had the machine for very long so I don't know about longevity, but it seems ok. I like feel of the keyboard and I like the large, dedicated print screen key. The packaging was quite nice and opening the unit felt pretty good. I really like the copper lining around the laptop borders. The side grilles are prettier than I'd expected.

Aside from the light bleed and the heat during gaming it surprised me how well it performed. Gaming laptops are usually subpar coming from a full desktop but this machine kicks butt.

This laptop is very light, fast and affordable. I will recommended to all friends and family. Also my customers. Beautiful design and elegant.

In a word... WOW! Okay, so now to the review after getting that out of the way. First a little back story and I will attempt to keep this short for those of you that get bored easily. :) I have been searching, debating, thinking, reviewing for about 2 months prior to making a purchase. The MSI GS65 kept yelling at me, "Pick me, Pick me!" However, when I went in to buy it, I was talked into buying the Microsoft Surface Book 2 (SB2 moving forward) as I was told it would be better for both productivity and gaming. Not necessarily better at gaming, but a more well-rounded laptop due to my needs. I will say that the SB2 is a beautiful machine with an amazing screen, but in no way does it come close to the gaming performance of this BEAST! More on that soon. I am the type that really needs / requires a bright and vibrant screen. The whites to be white and not washed out, the blacks to be black, etc. That was my one hesitation I had when looking at this in the store, that it didn't come across as overly bright and vibrant. Well, then I get it home and my worst fears were NOT realized. The colors are beautiful, the whites are white and there are a multitude of options to change the colors, brightness, etc. MSI True Color works very well. Does it compare to the SB2 as far as clarity, vibrancy and color representation? No, but it certainly holds it own for a 1080P screen. The 144HZ more than makes up for it to say the least. I can no longer go back to a 60HZ screen after this. Thanks, MSI for ruining me in that way! Performance: Again in comparing SB2's performance to the GS65, I tried several games. GTA V I was getting 35 - 55 FPS on normal (medium) settings and on the SB2, I am getting between 90-130 FPS on mostly high settings on the GS65. COD Black Ops 3 via Steam on the SB2 - 40 - 50 FPS, GS65 144HZ consistently. Forza 7 via Windows 10 gaming, 60FPS on the SB2 and 144HZ on the GS65. Ridiculous! One other thing I don't like about the SB2 is the 3:2 aspect ratio. I understand some people like it, but I don't. Fan noise: I honestly don't think it is loud at all. Can I hear it? Sure, but in no way is it distracting. Either I have poor hearing (which I don't) or I just don't care as much as some people. It truly isn't loud nor distracting, but you can hear it at times. The 3 cons I have are these: 1. The trackpad isn't very good. I use a gaming mouse, so it isn't a huge deal for me, but it's not good. 2. The speakers sound so-so, but the volume doesn't get loud at all. Not sure why that is, but in some programs I have to turn the volume up to 80 and that's a little odd. Perhaps a driver issue, I don't know. 3. Lastly and my biggest complaint of all is the difficulty in upgrading the SSD and RAM. With the flipped motherboard, it makes it quite risky and certainly a pain in the patootie to do so. Yes, I said patootie. I think I will take it to a computer repair shop to do so because if they mess it up, its on them. One side note. The 512GB SSD runs out of room quickly, so I have attached a 4TB external portable hard drive to it and have loaded my Windows 10 games, PC games and Steam games to it. I have seen no drop in FPS or performance at all. Sure, the loading times are a little slower, but game-play is seamless. In conclusion, if you are on the fence about getting the MSI GS65, jump off the fence, run quickly to Best Buy and get it. I have absolutely no buyers remorse after returning the SB2 and picking this up. None. It is classy looking so I can use it at work and powerful enough to run all current games without issue. Please excuse me, I have to go back into Beast Mode on my new MSI GS65!

I purchased this laptop to replace a Dell I have had for years. After receiving a few recommendations from friends to get a MSI and checking around online I decided to go with this one. The response time is great, colors are bright, and has been able to handle everything I've thrown at it on ultra. The only thing that I would recommend is to get a cooling pad as it does get quite warm.

I preordered this beautiful laptop last may. Let me tell you I cannot go anywhere without it! it perfect to do blogging, writing, streaming and of course playing video games. The battery last few hours, because of course I'm playing video games but when I'm not; it last for a long period of time! Of course I recommend it!

The laptop in general works really good. I have run Lumion 8(program for 3D modelling) and the program works without problems. I like the speed of the computer even though it is not a 2 on 1 laptop. The appearance of the MSI is not bad but if compare it with other brands, you will see that it is more focused on the internal characteristics. In general I have no found another laptop with the same graphic card, solid state drive and processor a such amazing price. I totally recommend it.

I had purchased a msi laptop 3 years ago for work and loved it! When it came time for an upgrade I found this laptop and I like it even more than my previous one! Very sleek and modern design. The display looks fantastic and everything runs smoothly.

After long search for a gaming laptop finally ends with this laptop MSI GS-65. A lightweight, Powerful,Easy to carry.I considered several of the new Intel 8th generation lightweight gaming laptops before choosing this one. This model from BestBuy came with 16 GB 2400 MHz dual channel RAM, a 512 GB Toshiba M.2 SSD, N1550 wireless card and the Max-Q GTX 1070 GPU. I was on Tour bought from store Baton Rouge.Packing was excellent triple-boxed. The innermost, MSI-branded box contained the laptop. This box was held in an MSI-brown cardboard box with thick foam supports, alongside a second box containing the powerful beast. The build quality seems good. This is laptop has very thin bezel .I like MSI designing around weight - it's very light for a 15.6'' screen, at 4.1 lbs / 1.9 kg. Its body is full metal,robust & fingerprint magnet but can be cleaned easily with cloth Visually, I adore the black and gold look, with only the individually-lit RGB keyboard. You can customise the keyboard led as per your choice The keyboard is lovely to type on with a good medium weight to each key - The 1080p screen is reasonably bright with a high 144 Hz refresh rate and a good colour range .You have 2-finger scrolling up/down, and 3- and 4- finger gestures for changing between apps or controlling the volume. Upon booting up for the first time, there is the usual Windows 10 Home introduction sequence involving Cortana, which took about 10-15 minutes to get through. On startup laptop started to update. There were 5 or so other security updates, nothing major, so it starts off close to being up to date. Performance: GTX 1070 is of the max-q variant, meaning it is approximately 10-15% slower than the standard mobile 1070. This is a good thing as it allows the computer to run cooler and have better battery life without significant drop in performance. The thermals are also good, for a laptop this size. Small packages cannot deliver low temperatures. However, MSI has done a good job. With three exhaust vents (two on the sides, one in the back), there is plenty is space to dispel the heat. There are also two large air intake vents on the top and bottom of the keyboard. As a result, the laptop stays relatively cool while gaming both internally and to the touch over the keyboard and palm rests. The fans do kick on during serious gaming, but the sound is a lower, less distracting, whirling sound. The speakers sound fine,can be turned up pretty loud. The webcam is ok , Battery: This is one of the big selling points to me. For such a powerful laptop, the battery during normal operation is phenomenal. I average between 4-5 hours, Compnay claims upto 8 Hrs. The battery seems reasonable. Bottom line: No laptop is perfect. But this one is good and MSI has delivered such a great product. I hope this helps some of you in your decision.

At first the $2000 price tag seemed too high but considering the specifications and slick design it seems just right. This laptop boasts some of the strongest hardware available (i7-8750H, GTX 1070) that can support many recent games, and fabulous look (RGB backlit keyboard, 15.6" screen, thin) to satisfy all of your gaming geek needs. It is also relatively light (4.14 lb) which makes it easy to carry around in a backpack. Including the 512 GB SSD, 16 GB RAM, and other amazing features that come with the laptop, I'd say this laptop is almost a steal.